The original Spider-Man, Peter Parker, was killed off in the final issue of Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man earlier this month following a climactic final showdown with the Green Goblin.

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Brian Michael Bendis is currently exploring the ramifications of Parker's death in the weekly limited series Ultimate Fallout, which promises to reveal the identity of the new Spider-Man in next week's issue.

It has widely been rumoured that clone Ben Reilly will become the new Spider-Man.